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This past week the breaking news headline was: Jaycee Dugard Discovered After 18 Years. This was a shock not only to anyone who heard the story, but also to her family. In the Jaycee Dugard case, as well as with Elizabeth Smart and Shawn Hornbeck cases, there are three common questions that people ask:

1) How does a person reunite with their family?

One of the main things that has to be considered before starting the process of reuniting is that it needs to take place over a period of time and it needs to be done with sensitivity meaning that she is no longer the 11 year old girl that her parents last knew her to be. There is an entire part of her life that she may not want to talk about for a long time. She also now has two daughters of her own, who are very limited in what they know. Therefore, reuniting should be as stress- free and low-key as possible. Jaycee and her daughters will need to be allowed to process the shock with taking in this new reality.

2) Why does a kidnapped person not try to escape?

There are a variety of reasons why a person does not try to escape their captor. One main reason is what we call learned helplessness. We can only speculate in the Jaycee Dugard case, but in research studies whether the threat is actual or perceived when the person thinks of escaping, they may suffer from the negative effect. Therefore, the feelings of having no control can take over a persons senses and that feeling of powerlessness kicks in a survival response. In the research, we also look at something called traumatic bonding. What this means is the kidnapped victim potentially can develop an emotional response that is related to his or her powerlessness in a life-threatening situation. This can explain why the individual may seem immobilized and unable or unwilling to attempt an escape.

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